The problem is that the changes appear to be only temporary.

I have an entire drive that contains nothing but images; however, I do NOT want thumbnail displays -- I prefer a simple list. I've changed the display options as described above and I've gone to Organize > Folder and Search Options > View > Apply to Folders in an attempt to force my will on wayward Windows. Unfortunately, when creating a new folder and copying files into it, I get thumbnails. And, at irregular intervals, folders that I thought where set at list revert to thumbnails. I've done it at the root directory level and to multiple sub-directories. Nothing seems to work for long. It is infuriating.

Thanks!

I made the customizations to various folders to match my preferences. For example, My Picture folders have been set such that each folder appears as "list" (there are dozens of folders) and within each folder, the picture files appear as "thumbnails."

But, when I open My Pictures through my libraries or by clicking the link in my start menu, the customizations do not work. Everything appears as a list, even the pictures.

Any idea why?

Brink - thanks for the help.

I understand what you mean. So, when I make the changes to the actual Pictures folder, it works just great. When I go to that folder (or use a shortcut), the folders keep their respective folder views. All is well.

But, when I open that same folder through the library, all the folder and sub-folders have the same folder view (just as you had stated in your previous post).

Is there any way to have the library folder have the same folder views as the actual folder? In other words, if I choose "Pictures" from the start menu, can I have it optimized so that it keeps the folder views?

Brink - I still can't get it to work!

Let me try to explain:

Whenever I open the Pictures folder through the start menu (not through C:/users/____/Pictures), the folder view settings are wrong. I will change it to "list" view for subfolders, and "thumbnail" for actual photos, but whatever I use will apply to all folders and files. The option to "customize" my view is not available.

On the contrary, when I open the actual Pictures folder through C:/users/____/Pictures, I can customize the folder whichever way I want (e.g., list view for subfolders, and thumbnails for photos), and it works like a charm.

So, my question is: can I access my Pictures folder through the start menu and have list view for subfolders and thumbnail view for photos? If yes, how? I've tried everything, and cannot get it to work.